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RICHARD IIUBBARD, 0F CADIZ, INDIANA. Letters Parent No. 69,440, datedOftnlifr I, 1867.

IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE.

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Be it known that I, RICHARD Hrnnaun, of Cadiz, invented a new and usefulimprovement in Washing full, clear, and exact description of' thesa1ne,'ret`eren ,t specification. in which- Figure l is a Werspectiveview, anu

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section.

The saine letters al'e employed in both figures for the indication ofidentical parts.

My inventitm consists in so arranging a washing machine that the clothesshall be placed between an adjustable grated surface, and heldin'contact with a'revolving cylinder having corrugated rubbing-surfacesby the tension et' elastic lwebbing, and in so constructing therevolving cylinder that the wash water shall be carried over with itsrevolution and discharged upon the clothes being washed.

rfhe following description wil in the county ot' Henry, and State ofIndiana, have Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a'ce being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this l enable oneshillcd in the art to constructand operate my improved machine. A is thebox for containing the wash lwater, resting upon legs I3. Within the boxis an adjustable rubbingboard, C, so hinged to the machine that it mayhave sufficient oscillation to accommodate the clothes placed between itandthe revolving cylinderE. y rlhe compression of the adjustablerubbing-board C against the clothes is maintained/by theconstriction-ot` the elastic `webbing D attached thereto, and carriedover the cap A which covers the cylinder. It is formed by twosidepieces, connected by bars rounded on the side next the cylinder, toavoid tearing the clothes. The cylinder is hung upon a shaft restingonthe box A, and turned by a winch, F, by hand, or with a treadle. Inthe latter case a ily-wheel must be also hung on the shaft. It isconstructed with a series of buckets, El, somewhat `like those of anover-shot water-wheel, by which, as the cylinder revolves, the washwater is raised over the cylinder andl discharged upon -the clothes tebe washed. The spaces between the buckets E2 are corrugated, as shown.By the rapid revolution of the cylinder a stream of water is constantlypoured upon the clothes subjected to the action ofthe corrugatedsurfaces E2 and the adjustable grated wash-board C. I What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is 1. In combinationwith a revolving rubbing-cylinder, E, the adjustable wash-board C, andbands of elastic webbing D, arranged to `operate substantially as lsetforth.

2. The revolving cylinder E, when constructed with buckets El, andrubbing-surfaces E2, substantially as set forth. u

In testimony whereofI havesigned my name to this specification in thepresence'of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD HUBBARD.

Witnesses:

R. C. .MeCoNNELL, M. A. PIcKnarNu.

